Use of the cowshed#

The barn is a key building for cattle breeding. It is built once per game account and serves the livestock of all the owner’s clones. Construction is instant. Barns vary in capacity, which determines the maximum number of animals they can house. If the capacity is exceeded, the excess animals remain in the owners’ barns. A barn requires regular maintenance; if it breaks down, it ceases to function, and the animals can only feed from the troughs in the barns.

The larger the barn, the greater its advantages and the more expensive its maintenance. Various development strategies are possible, including gradual expansion or building a large barn all at once.

Construction cost#

The cost of building a cowshed depends on its capacity.

Table. Cost of building a cowshed

Repair#

A barn requires repairs every 30 days of operation. Repair costs are not cumulative: regardless of the length of downtime, the cost of the next repair remains the same. Resource consumption depends on the capacity of the barn—the larger the barn, the higher the costs.

Table: Cost of barn repairs

Functioning of a broken cowshed#

If the barn is broken, it is impossible to add or remove feed. Cattle can only feed in barnyards. Mating is unavailable, the manure recycling discount does not apply, there is no calf weight bonus, and the barn does not count towards your account score.

To simplify maintenance, you can enable automatic repair.

Table. Automatic cowshed repair

Increased capacity#

The barn can be upgraded in stages, increasing its capacity and available benefits. Upgrades are made level by level.

Table: Cost of upgrading a barn

Mass operations with livestock#

The barn simplifies mass operations. All animals, regardless of owner, feed from a single trough. This simplifies feed management and speeds up the handling of large herds.

Mating your own animals#

Free mating of cows and bulls is only available in the barn. Animals from different account clones can be used. Without a barn, mating is only possible by renting bulls, which requires additional costs.

Weight gain in newborn calves#

By installing solar panels in a barn, the birth weight of the offspring increases.

Table. Cost of upgrading a cowshed

The weight of the offspring without improvements is calculated using the formula:

Table. Cowshed coefficient

If there is an NFT, the formula is:

Table. NFT coefficient

The maximum coefficient for the number of NFTs is 2. Taking into account rarity, the maximum value is 2.2.

Discount on cow manure processing#

The barn offers a discount on processing manure into “Cow Breeze” fertilizer. The source of the manure is irrelevant. The discount depends on the capacity of the barn.

Table. Discount amount for manure processing